July 10, 2014

Charts hinting at a big move for gold

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Charts hinting at a big move for gold

By Jeff Macke
July 9, 2014 7:59 AM
Yahoo Finance

If gold and gold miners were celebrities it would be time for them to look for a new PR team. Despite outperforming stocks in 2014 the group still carries the taint of the bubble that burst in 2012. With the popular SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) showing strong volume and the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) moving higher on Tuesday despite a brutal market for stocks it may be time for some traders to reconsider the barbaric metal as an alternative to suddenly suspect equities.

Jonathan Krinsky, the chief technician of MKM Partners says gold and the miners are just getting going to the upside despite a slight pullback in the early stages of July.

“A couple weeks ago we saw a pretty big breakout on the GLD. It was on the heaviest volume we’ve seen in about a year. Most of those gains have held so that tells you there are active buyers. As long as we consolidate around this range I think gold is headed higher.”

Charts hinting at a big move for gold

Beyond the action in the GLD Krinsky is encouraged by the price action in silver and the aforementioned miners. The miners are typically a higher beta version of gold itself so when gold is headed lower the miners get smoked but when the metal rallies the companies in the business of production see huge increases. From that perspective it’s all systems go with the miners having doubled the gains of the GLD in 2014.

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